conversion

noun

1. an event that results in a transformation

Similar word(s): changeover, transition

Definition categories: event, shift, transformation, transmutation

2. a change in the units or form of an expression:

- conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade

Definition categories: thought, calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning

3. a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown

Definition categories: act, score

4. a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life

Similar word(s): rebirth

Definition categories: act, redemption, salvation

5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

Definition categories: process, defence, defense

6. a change of religion

- his conversion to the Catholic faith

Definition categories: event, alteration, change, modification

7. interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

Definition categories: communication

8. act of exchanging one type of money or security for another

Definition categories: act, exchange, interchange

9. the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another

Definition categories: act, change